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Ai Weiwei Launches Major New York Gallery Exhibition
A new gallery show of the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei 2016: Roots and Branches, has opened at Mary Boone Gallery in both its Fifth Avenue and...
French Modernist Designer And Architect Pierre Chareau Celebrated In New York Exhibition
The first U.S. exhibition focused on French designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) has opened in New York. Showcasing rare furniture,...
Donal Moloney Wins The John Moores Visitors Prize For 2016
Donal Moloney’s Cave Floor is this year’s winner of the visitor's prize where museum goers to the John Moores Painting Prize have the chance to...
Original Underground Comix Art Including R. Crumb To Be Sold At Auction
A groundbreaking collection of original art from '60s American Underground Comix — featuring iconic and subversive art from Robert Crumb to Victor...
Public Appeal Launched To Acquire Final Duke of Wellington Portrait
A public appeal to acquire Sir Thomas Lawrence's unfinished final portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, has been announced today,...
Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen Auctioned By Mean Spirited Drinks Brand Diageo
The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, one of Scotland's best-loved paintings has been consigned to Christie’s Auctioneers, in a move that...
Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize 2016 Shortlist Announced
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize 2016 has announced the shortlist for this important architecture prize . The...
Lord Leighton’s Masterpiece Flaming June Returns Home For Exhibition
Frederic, Lord Leighton’s painting 'Flaming June' one of the most iconic works of nineteenth-century British art has returned to the house in which...
Griffin Art Prize Shortlist And Exhibition Dates Announced For 2016
The Griffin Gallery has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Griffin Art Prize and exhibition. Out of 270 entries, six artists have been shortlisted...
Roger Hiorns Featured In Major New Exhibition At Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery
You always have to think about materials and objects in terms of being malleable – you have to cut them off from what their established use is, to...
Artes Mundi 7 Shortlist Prize Dates And Exhibition Announced
On October 21st the Artes Mundi 7 Exhibition and Prize in Cardiff opened its doors to the British public, presenting a major exhibition of work from...
Greedy Auction Houses Raise Buyers Premium By Collusion Free Stealth
Gone are the days when auction house directors sit around in dark panelled Mayfair clubs fixing the buyers/sellers premium while quaffing...